MADRID, Spain — Seven U.S. women won medals at the Grand Prix of Spain on Sunday, including a Bronze for Campbellsville's Kayla Miracle and a team championship for the United States.

Miracle, who finished fifth last summer at 58 kg/ 128 lbs., went 1-1 inside her bracket. The World Team Trial runner-up lost 8-5 to Marwa Amri (Tunisia) in the opening round before knocking off fellow American Jacarra Winchester, 7-3.
 
Overall, Miracle and the United States avenged a 23-point loss from last summer to win the team title. The U.S. compiled 57 points, defeating Russia by two points.
 
A big part of the team title came with gold medal performances from Becka Leathers and Tamyra Mensah.
 
Leathers, the 2017 U.S. World Team member and Pan American champion at 55 kg/121 lbs., was absolutely dominant in her bracket, tallying falls in three of her four wins. To open the tournament with back-to-back pins over Lenka Hockova of Czech Republic and Marina Simonyan of Russia. In the semifinals, she defeated Ramona Galambo of Hungary, 11-0, to earn a spot in the finals. Galambo finished fifth at the 2016 World Championships in her home country. In the finals, Leathers continued her championship run with a fall over Russia Nationals champion Maria Gurova.
 
Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix champion and World Team member Mensah won her second major international tournament of 2017, winning gold at 69 kg/152 lbs. In her first match, Mensah defeated Noelia Lalin of Spain, 11-0, before downing Canada Cup runner-up Olivia Dibacco in the quarterfinals with a fall. In the semis, she went head-to-head with fellow American Forrest Molinari and walked away with a 4-1 win. Mensah wrapped up the tournament with a 10-0 tech fall over Russia's Galina Bulatova.
 
In her World Championships tune-up event, Victoria Francis (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC) finished with a silver medal. The 2014 Junior World bronze medalist defeated 2015 Junior World bronze medalist Iselin Solheim of Norway, 10-6, in the first round, before recording a 13-2 technical fall over Gracelynn Doogan of Canada. In the finals, she fell to Mae Epp of Estonia in a 10-0 match.
 
In addition to Miracle, three other U.S. wrestlers won bronze, including World Team members Victoria Anthony (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids WC) and Mallory Velte (Sacramento, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) and World Team Trials runner-up Forrest Molinari (Benicia, Calif./Titan Mercury WC).
 
Anthony earned a notable 8-3 win over Argentina's Patricia Bermudez, who finished fifth at the 2016 Olympic Games, while Velte took out two-time Olympian and 2010 World bronze medalist Henna Johansson of Sweden for third place, 7-2.
 
Next up for Lady Tiger wrestling, WCWA National Champion Andribeth Rivera and three-time World Team member McKayla Campbell will compete at the Junior World Championships in Finland starting on Aug. 1.
 
In addition, fans can stay up to date on Kayla Miracle's summer adventure across the world at the blog homepage - http://www.campbellsvilletigers.com/sports/2017/7/7/kayla-miracle-blog-summer-2017.aspx
 
Information from this release was provided by Taylor Miller, USA Wrestling.